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@ArethaFranklin Has Passed Away At Age 76 | Genius News

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Soul legend Aretha Franklin has died at the age of 76.

Over the past few years, Franklin had been dealing with numerous health issues, and reports emerged earlier this week that she was gravely ill. Franklin?s publicist Gwendolyn Quinn issued a family statement revealing that she died on Thursday, August 16, 2018 at her Detroit home. The official cause of death was advanced pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type, which was confirmed by Franklin?s oncologist, Dr. Philip Phillips of Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit.

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